Display cover for cartons, boxes, and the like



April 15 ,-1924.

. E. B. WESTON DISPLAY COVERLIOR CARTONS, BOXES, AND THE LIKE Patented Apr. 15, 1924.

STATES EDWARD B. WESTON, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

Application mea April 22, 1922. sei-iai No. 156,068.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD B. WEs'roN, a citizen of the United States, and ya resident of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have linvented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Covers for Cartons, Boxes, and the like, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.y

It has lon been customary to ship crackers,v biscuits, ca res, and the like, in permanent wooden or metallic cans and boxes provided with lids equipped with glass windows for the display of the goods and when the boxes are emptied to return them for a new supply of goods. The permanent cans are necessarily bulky` and heavy, and the glass fronts are easily broken in shipment, so that it has become customary to provide separate glass front display covers to be retained by the retailer and applied to the boxes at the retail store, so that the cans can be returned for a new supply without the display covers.

More recently it has been found convenient to pack `the goods 4for shipment in paper cartons which are used only once and discarded when empty and the glass display covers are also used with these temporary cartons, 'se that the permanent covers become a separate and distinct article of commerce.

With suoli covers the glass m'ust be frequently removed to keep it bright `and clean and it is also necessary to provide a small holder lto carry a name strip to indicate the variety of the goods for the time being under display.

It is the object of ymy invention to provide means for effectively and securely locking the glass front in the frame so that there is no danger of its becoming loose and dropping out whenthe lidis opened for the removal of the goods, and which will, at the same time, permit the glass to be more or less yieldably supported and easily removed from the Yframe for cleaning.

I also provide a simple and effective nameplate holder made from an integral strip of sheet metal for holding and changing the name-plate, and further provide means for securing and centering this holder in the proper position at the Vtop of the cover, whether the can is displayed with the cover hinged vertically or horizontally.

In the drawings, Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the display cover with the hingedlid closed.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the lid open. y

Figure 3 is a vertical section on 3-3'of Figure l of the hinged lid.

Figures 4 and 5 are rear and front views respectively of the name-plate holder.

Figure 'is a planof the blank from which the name-plate holder is formed.

Figure 7 is a detail section similar to Figure 2 showing a method of hinging the retaining wire.

A flanged sheet metal frame 1 is `provided of the size and shape required to lit over the carton or container, usually rectangular in section.

To this frame is hinged by hinges 2, 2, the lid 3. This lid is an open frame formed with a front flange 4 to receive a light of glass 5.

To hold the'glass and at the same time more or less yieldably in this lid I provide a wire holder 6 of the shape of the lid, in the present instancerectangular and preferably in ay single piece. This wire holder is formed the lineV withJrelatively short tongues 7 midway between the four corners of the strip, with the wire at each side of each tongue also bent inwardly formingan o-gee curve. This wire frame is arranged tobe snapped into position over the glass by inserting the tongues 7 in the seats formed by the sockets 8 pro vided in the sides off the 'lid, said seats being located slightly above the plane of the glass as clearlyv shown in Fig. 3. This arrangement leaves Ythe intermediate longer portions ofthe wire frame free or unconnectedl with' the lid andlprovides a construction where the',l relatively long Ifree or major portions o f the wire constitute a more or less yieldingsupport for the glass which is desirable in structures of this kind because the glass is not so likely yto become broken when subjected to shocks, jars or blows.

vIn Figure 7 yit will be noted that I may solder a plate 2O onthe lid over one of the tongues 7 and thereby form a hinge for the wire loop, which will hold it against falling away during the operation of removing a'glass;

The: wirevholder is thus brought to bear yieldably upon the glass 5 and holds it securely at points opposite each other, both for the top and bottom and the side edges of the glass.)`

n opening the lid.

The fact that the outwardly projecting tongues are relatively short and located midway between the corners also permits of the name-plate holder being accurately centered at whichever side is uppermost.

This holder isy formed from an integral plate of sheet metal 10, as shown in Figure 6, with a long sight opening 12, tongues 13, 13, opposite the sight opening and tongues 14, 14, near the lower edge of the plate of less width thanthe tongues 13. The middle portion ofone longitudinal edge is cut away at 15, leavingextensions 16, 16. Score lines 17, 17, are formed midway of the strip of the width of tongues 14, and the strip is folded on these lines to bring thefront and rear portions of the plate parallel with each other and separated the width of the score lines. This folding brings the tongues 14, 14 in line with the ktongues 13. lThe tongues are then folded over in opposite directions, the tongues 14 giving a proper spacing for the front and rear of the holder and the outer ends of the tongues 13 folded to form a rectangular receptacle, a finger opening 18 being cut to permit the card to be readily grasped for change of cards. The space 18a left in the sides of the receptacle at the lower corner (Fig. 5) facilitates the cleaning of the holder when crumbs or the like get into the receptacle. Y

In order to fit the card holder so as to hold it securely with name card in close contact with the glass, the extensions 16, 16, are bent at right angles and the holder is located at the top of the frame with the member 16 flat against the inside of the lid frame and the wire holder is then located with the tongue inthe socket 8, the wire holder is then sprung into place, the curved portions at the base of the tongue thus securely hold the card holder firmly against the glass, and it is accurately centered at the same time. The front'portion of the card holder is formed of suflicient width so that when the extensions 16 are in place, itwill bring the display position for the name card immediately below the front flange of the lid. It happens that this portion of thev lid is frequently used'for the name of the manufacturer or dealer and its width may vary considerably so that the card holders will be manufactured with sufficient body portion to bring the display card immediately below the cover flange at the top. It willalso be noted that the sockets 8 will form projections from the sides of the lid and these projections therefore alse form,V handles or finger-holds for lt will be understood, of course, that while I prefer the particular details of construction as above described, the failure to mention equivalent constructions is not to be taken as any intention on my part to limit my invention other than may be required by prior art constructions.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r- 1. kln a cover for display boxes, the combination of an open rectangular metallic frame flanged to removably engage over the open end of a box, with a lid hinged thereto and comprising a flanged rectangular metal frame having an opening, a light of glass to cover said opening the edges of which are covered by the flange of the lid frame, and means for removably securing the glass to the lid comprising a single strand of wire of rectangular formation having relatively short portions in different sections thereof in releasable engagement with correspondingly short seats formed in dierent sides of the lid frame, the major length of the wire strand including the angles thereof being out of engagement with said frame and hav-v ing portions which yieldingly press upon a face of the glass at more than two of its marginal edges.

2. ln a cover for display boxes, the combination of an open rectangular metallic frame flanged to removably engage over the open end of a box, with a lid hinged thereto and comprising a flanged rectangular metal frame having an opening, a light of glass to cover said opening the edges of which are covered by the flanges of the lid frame, and means for removably securing the glass to the lid comprising a single strand of wire of rectangular formation having relatively short portions in dierent sections thereof in releasable engagement with correspondingly short seats formed in different sides of the lid frame, the major length of the wire strandl including the angles thereof being out of engagement with said frame and hav` ing portions which yieldingly press upon a face of the glass at more than two of its marginal edges, the said strand being pivotally connected to the lid frame so that it may be swung on its mounting to permit removal of the glass.

3. In a cover for display boxes, the combination of an open rectangular metallic frame flanged to removably engage over the open end of a box, with a lid hinged thereto and comprising a rectangular flanged metal frame having an opening, a light of glass to close the said opening, the edges of which are covered by the flange of the lid frame, and means for removably securing the glass to the lid comprising a wire loop of rectangular formation having relatively short outwardly projecting portions in different legs thereof which removably interlock with the corresponding sides of the lid frame at places intermediate the extremities of such sides and having longer free portions between adjacent outwardly projecting portions which have yieldable engagement with a face of the glass at a plurality of its edges.

4. In a cover for display boxes, the combination of an open rectangular metallic frame flanged to removably engage over the open end of a box, with a lid hinged thereto and comprising a rectangular flanged metal frame having an opening, a light of glass to close the said opening, the edges of whichpare covered by the flange of the lid frame, and meansV for removably securing the glass to the lid comprising a wire loop of rectangular formation having relatively short outwardly projecting portions in different legs thereof which removably interlock with the corresponding sides of the lid frame at places intermediate the extremities of such sides and having longer free portions between adjacent outwardly projecting portions which have yieldable engagement with a face of the glass at a plurality of its edges, the said wire loop being pivotally connected to the lid frame so that it may be swung on its mounting to permit removal of the glass.

5. In a cover for display boxes, the combination of an open metallic frame flanged to removably engage over the open end of a box, with a lid hinged thereto comprising a flanged metallic frame having an opening with a light of glass to close the same, the edges of which are covered by the flange thereof, and means for removably securing the glass to the lid comprising a wire loop provided with a plurality of spaced apart and relatively short outwardly projecting tongues, relatively short complemental seats formed in different portions of the lid frame, each seat being slightly removed from the plane of the glass to removably receive its associated tongue, and said loop yieldingly upon the face of the glass at different edge portions thereof to yieldingly hold the glass in the lid.

6. In a cover for display boxes, the combination of an open metallic frame flanged to removably engage over the open end of a box, with a lid hinged thereto comprising a flanged metallic frame having an opening with a light of glass to close the same, the edges of which are covered by the flange thereof, and means for removably securing the glass to the lid comprising a wire loop provided with a plurality of spaced apart and relatively short outwardly projecting tongues, relatively short complemental seats formed in different `portions of the lid frame, each seat being slightly removed from the plane of the glass to removably receive its associated tongue, and said loop having longer free portions which bear yieldingly upon the face of the glass at different edge portions thereof to yielding hold the glass in the lid, said wire loop being hingedly connected to the lid frame and lying under the flange thereof to conceal it from View.

EDWARD B. WESTON. 

